WRITER

Corrado Alvaro

1895 - 1956

Photo of Corrado Alvaro

Icon of person Corrado Alvaro

Corrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describe the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corrado Alvaro has received more than 48,798 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Corrado Alvaro is the 3,374th most popular writer (up from 3,637th in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,939th in 2019) and the 199th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' età breve
1946
L' amata alla finestra
1945
Gente in Aspromonte
1930
Vent'anni
World War, 1914-1918, Fiction
1930
L' uomo è forte
1939
Quasi una vita
1950

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Corrado Alvaro ranks 3,374 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Arnošt Smoler, Willibald Pirckheimer, Daniel Guérin, Gunilla Bergström, Viktor Astafyev, and Robert de Clari. After him are Itō Noe, Philotheus of Pskov, Mykola Khvylovy, George the Hagiorite, Herman Grimm, and Oswald de Andrade.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Corrado Alvaro ranks 154. Before him are Leonid Utyosov, László Almásy, Rudolph Minkowski, Julijans Vaivods, Hari Singh, and Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes. After him are Itō Noe, Egon Pearson, Neco, Mario Camerini, Immanuel Velikovsky, and Manuel Alonso Areizaga. Among people deceased in 1956, Corrado Alvaro ranks 111. Before him are Leo Baeck, Paul Renner, Norman L. Bowen, Heinrich Barkhausen, Jean Hersholt, and Vladimir Filatov. After him are Tommy Dorsey, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Ágnes Esterházy, Elmer Drew Merrill, Helmer Hanssen, and Jehanne D'Alcy.

Others Born in 1895

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Corrado Alvaro ranks 2,916 out of 5,161. Before him are Mauro Codussi (1440), Bruno Platter (1944), Adolfo Farsari (1841), Pietro Ottoboni (1667), Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (-300), and Margaritus of Brindisi (1149). After him are Ulric Manfred II of Turin (901), Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1893), Toni Servillo (1959), Adolfo Baloncieri (1897), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), and Eugenio Calabi (1923).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Corrado Alvaro ranks 199. Before him are Ennio Flaiano (1910), Julius Obsequens (400), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Nossis (null), Alessandro Baricco (1958), and Francesco de Sanctis (1817). After him are Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), Augusto Genina (1892), Giovanni della Casa (1503), Massimo Bontempelli (1878), Carlo Rosselli (1899), and Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914).

Italian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous